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NY A10815
Bill
Status
10/25/2012
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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Creates a new section 168-w of the Correction Law prohibiting any person required to register as a sex offender from entering children's sections of public, association, or free libraries, defined as areas designated for or primarily serving populations under age 18.
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Amends Penal Law section 65.10 to make it a mandatory condition of probation or conditional discharge for persons convicted of specified sex offenses (articles 130, 235, 263, and sections 255.25-255.27) that they refrain from entering children's sections of libraries or school grounds.
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Permits exceptions to the library prohibition for registered students, participants, employees, or those with family members enrolled in a facility, if authorized in writing by the probation officer or court and the facility's superintendent or chief administrator.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Prohibits persons required to maintain registration under the sex offender registration act from entering into an area or room in a public, association or free library designated as a children's section or designed primarily to serve a population under the age of eighteen.
Last Action
referred to correction
10/25/2012